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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. Proceeds from the part to the whole.Reading is driven by the text. Emphasizes the written or printed text. Flesch - Gough - LaBerge and Samuels.






2. Selective focus on what is important while screening out distractions.






3. Reading can be learned as naturally as speaking - reading is focused on constructing meaning from texts using children's books rather than basal or controlled readers - reading is best learned in the context of the group - phonics is taught indirectl






4. Making sense of what we read. Comprehension is dependent on good word recognition - fluency - vocabulary - worldly knowledge - and language ability.






5. A pattern of letters (found in a single syllable) which occurs frequently together. The pronunciation of at least one of the component parts is unexpected or the letters stand in an unexpected sequence ( ar - er - ir - or - us - qu - wh)






6. Nationally known for research on both the prevention and remediation of reading difficulties in young children as well as work on assessment of phonological awareness and reading






7. Is one that provides for translating test scores into a statement about the behavior to be expected of a person with that score or their relationship to a specified subject matter. Most tests and quizzes written by school teachers are criterion-refer






8. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






9. Scores expressed in their original form without statistical treatment - such as the number of correct answers on a test.






10. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






11. The number of words which a reader can translate meaningfully in a given period of time






12. Attempt - Failure - Frustration - Avoidance - Lack of Practice - No improvement - Loss of esteem - loss of motivation = THIS






13. The knowledge of the various sounds in the English language and their correspondence to the letter or letters that represent those sounds.






14. Changes in curriculum - supplementary aides or equipment - and provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in educational environment to fullest extent possible.






15. The writing system of a language. Correct or standardized spelling according to established usage.






16. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder






17. Use - pictures - charts - maps - graphs - etc...clear view of teacher - color to highlight important text - ask teacher to provide handouts - illustrate ideas as pictures before writing them down - use multi media






18. A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.






19. Comprehensive end-of-year exams - reflecting the specific subject matter outlines in the curriculum.






20. Paired association between letters and letter sounds; an approach to teaching of reading and spelling that emphasizes sound-symbol relationships - especially in early instruction.






21. 1877 - first to use the term "word-blindness"






22. Whole body learning






23. Was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] This was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) - a Danish linguist and Anglicist - who coined the term. Because English spellin






24. Multiple Viewpoints - Analyze text critically - understand multiple point of view

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25. Instruction must include the six basic types of these and the division rules.






26. Ability to think reason and solve problems. Skills are usually measured by an individual test of intelligence/IQ test. Requires being able to generalize from past experience and use that knowledge to respond to new situations.






27. Edward III - English again becomes the official language of the state -Chaucer - Canterbury Tales - English borrows from Latin and Greek languages - Anglo-French compounds appear (gentlewomen - gentlemen - faithful - etc) - Latin layer of language -






28. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






29. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development






30. Most soundly supported by research for effective instruction in beginning reading - Must be explicitly taught - Must be systematically organized and sequenced - Must include learning how to blend sounds together






31. Study of sounds and how the work within their environment






32. Feeling through fingertips






33. A score that combines several scores according to a specified formula.






34. Academic Language Therapy Association






35. Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing. Screening test. test phonological awareness - phonological memory - rapid naming...norms given in Percentiles - Standard Scores - Age and Grade Equivalents






36. A class of open speech sounds produced by the easy passage of air through a relatively open vocal tract. A - E - I - O - U






37. Whole language - Drop Everythng and read - evaluation through miscues - founds of whole language






38. One of a class of speech sounds in which sound moving through the vocal tract is constricted or obstructed by the lips - tongue or teeth during articulation.






39. Response to Intervention - a multi-step or tiered approach to providing services and interventions at increasing intensity to students or an entire class.






40. A student with mastery can utilize the information successfully - but may struggle or need to call upon learning strategies to do so.






41. Proceeds from the whole to the part - suggests that processing of a text begins in the mind of the readers. Meaning is brought to print not derived from print.






42. The percentage is defined to include scores in a specified distribution that fall below the point at which a given score lies.






43. Take frequent study breaks - move around to learn new things - work at a standing position - chew gum while standing - listen to music while studying - skim material first then read in detail






44. The term is also used for the language now called Old English - spoken and written by the ________ and their descendants in much of what is now England and some of southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century.






45. 1887 - ophthalmologist - introduced the term dyslexia






46. A group of several test standardized on the same sample population so that results on the several tests are comparable. Example : School achievement tests






47. State Board of Education Rule - District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district. - District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia






48. Pre-reading - Oral Language Development

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49. A standardized test designed to efficiently measure the amount of knowledge and/or skill a person has acquired - usually as a result of classroom instruction. Such testing produces a statistical profile used as a measurement to evaluate student learn






50. The ability to organize thoughts and express them verbally to convey meaning to others







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